Espana means Espace

If you look past the areas that are hundreds of years old and look at just the things built/planned in the last 20 years, this country really allows for alot of room! The Madrid Airport is so large (terminals and runway) that it would make any USA airport planning commission envious and Barcelona has the same theme. I can honestly see why Barcelona needs so much with the volume of cruise ships coming & going from this port. These are not the smaller ships this are the new really super big ones! And what is really intriguing is the space is used! Las Ramblas, a wide pedestrian avenue in Barcelona is packed all day long! There are dozens of airline choices and the flights are full!
I should make one correction though... you need not look at just the last 20 years. If the planning of parks/housing tracks by Gaudi at the turn of the century are any indication, they meant to have alot of space as soon as the walls of the old city were destroyed. And on that note, I will just comment that I really do not like the artistic work of Gaudi. I join the ranks of those that just don't see the same passion as some others. And about that Gaudi cathedral here, you know the one they have been building for 127 years, alrighty already. Enough. Yuck.